Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-18
State News.
ASDROscoGGn.

AsUkoeCOGSIS.
The Poland Spring House opened THUR.
CAV Landlord Kicker predicts g.ea, in
crosse IN business this year. There are nov
nifty guests at the Mansion House.
The New England Company's psint mill At
Lisbon has been shut down for ahe pas, fe~
dass on account of an insufhcisncy in their
water supply. The factory will start up again
in dav or two
j. N Wood is building q large coal shed on
the end OF his large establishment near the
upper Maine Central depot, at Lewiston. He
Is constructing what the coal men call a
poeket-a continuance whereby a coal train
Is loaded in three minutes, without anv SHOW
cling BY ANYBODY. His new shed i. of 1000
ton capacity.
ARoosrooK.
1 Messrs. E. Merritt & Sons are perfectins
arrangements for putting in operation the
Mather inandescent system for lighting
stores, dwellings, Offices, of Houiton The
power is TO be obtained from the four mill,
and IS sufficient for 400 servicesble lights
OF 10 candle power each, which they expect
TO have In successful working order in abou,
. month.
Fort Fairfield has voted to raise $500. for
the purpose of putting in street MIGRANTS
The total number of bushels of potatoes
shipped from the stations of Fort Fairfield.
Caribou and Presque Isle during the y-sr 1856,
was $4,000; for the year 1885, 2l0. 900, an
increase of 2S5, 900 bushels shipped in 1886
over that of the previous year.
Many excursio1ists are already WISHING the
various towns in the county, and the hotels
are having about all they can do.
CUMBERLAND.
John Dohgy of foreign birth, who has been
employed 10 the pulp mill at South Wind
ham, was found dead in barn at that place,
wednesday. No reason is known for the
superstition that Dohgy's death Resulted from
| other than natural causes.
FRANKLIN.
A. G. Woodcock of Pennington went to
his stable one morning recently and found his
horse, which was valued at SIPS, dead in his
stall. hard blow on worthy citizen.
KENSEBEc
Mr.. A. B Woodcock of Clinton, got injured
quite severely the other day by his horse
| crowding him against the side of the stable
| and lamlng him so badly that he has to use
| crutches.
As Arthur Blish of Vassalboro was riding
| with young colt recently, The vehicle gave
| way, frightening the animal, and Mr.. Biish
was thrown out and severely injured. AL
| though two weeks since he is still in a criti-
cal condition.
| The operatives of the weaving room in
| number mill of the Lockwood company did
a very graceful act on Saturday noon last, by
presen tng TO their late second hand Frank
o. Brown, a fine gold ring secretary and
| easy chair, rs tribute of the high esfim atinn
| IN which they held him Waterrike Seatinei
KNOX.
ID
Tolman quarry, at Blackington's Corner,
| trestle railway has been built for raising
chips and rock from the quarry to the top of
| the bank, which is now in successful opera
| ton. The ascent is steep, some portions of
of the rail lying at an angle of sixty degrees
The cars are drawn up by wire cable run
ming over large pulley at the top, the motive
power being the engine in the quarry which
is also used for pumping. The cars unload
| automatically at the top. The expense of
| removing material by this arrangement is
very much reduced from that for horses
This quarry is is managed by S. NJ. Bird,
but the credit of the desiga and construction
of the new railway belongs to Mr.. McWil-
liams, his competent foreman.
The Rockland Courier Gazette saws John
Dow of this city bought a cigar of A. L.
| Richardson one day last week, and on smok-
ing II Iouhu small gOlu ring on the INSIDE.
| The cigar WAS of Pennsylvania make. and it
was evidently not prize, as the box had no
lottery attachment. The only way to account
for the find is that some lady cigar maker
accidentally manufactured her ring into the
cigar, it being evidently lady's ring.-A
| South end youngster had small cannon
which got plugged up. and he put it into the
kitchen fire to burn it out. The cannon in
stead of being plugged up was loaded. The
man of the house arrived in slime to assist in
extinguishing the fire caused by the explod-
| ing cannon and shattered range.-An item is
in process Of circulation through the metro
poll an daiIies and the country weeklies that
a statue of Edward OBrien of Thomaston,
the great shipbuilder, carved by an Italian
sculptor, is to be set up in the Thomaston
cemetery. A very lifelik statue of Mr..
O'Brien, of Knox county granite, has stood
for several years over the honOred grave of
rhomaston's shipbuilder and philanthropist.
The statue and pedestal was furnished by M.
T. Jameson Co, granite men, South
Thomaston. An Italian sculptor did the
carving.
LINCOLN.
| The Fourth will be celebrated in Pemaquid